Swinging closure



July 14, 1925.

1,546,915 P. J. DURBIN SWINGING CLOSURE Filed July 5, 1924 l /6HZ- Z VE VrQ/Q 2/ Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

PIUS J. DURBIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO FINGAL G. ORB.

SWINGING CLOSURE.

Application filed July 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIUS J. DURBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles' and State of California, havev invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hinged or swinging closures such as gates, doors and the like, and has for its principal objects the provision of a swinging closure that is relatively simple in structure, capable of being easily and cheaply produced and installed; to provide a swinging closure that may be readily manipulated and easily shifted from one position to another and further, to provide the swinging closure with simple and efficient means whereby it may be firmly held while closed or while in full open, or in partially opened positions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of a swinging closure embodying the principles of my invention and of the type that is particularly adapted for use as a farm gate.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the swinging closure with dotted lines showing same in full open position.

Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in section, and showing the form of latch bar that is used for securing the closure in partlally opened positions.

Fig. 4 is a detail section of a latch barv lifting device that may be employed in carrying out my invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View of a closure constructed in accordance with my invention and which swings on a horizontal axis.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings and particularly to the form of closure illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, 1O designates a gate that is connected at one end, by suitable hinges 11 to a post or upright 12 and the free end of said gate when closed, occupies a position immediately adjacent to a post or upright 13.

Projecting outwardly from post 12 and on the opposite side from hinges 11 1s a bracket 14: on the outer end of which is a 1924. Serial No. 723,936.

vertically disposed pintle 15. Pivotally mounted on this pintle is one of a latching bar .16 that extends lengthwise of the closure and at the free end of the latter, said bar passes through a vertically disposed keeper 17 that is secured to the gate or closure.

The end of latch bar 15 projects a short distance beyond the keeper 17 so as to over lie the corresponding side of post 13 and projecting from the latter is an upstanding hook 18 that is adapted to receive and hold the endof the latch bar when the closure or gate is closed. 7 c

As a further means of securing the closure in closedposition, bar 16 is provided on its lower edge near its free end with a notch 19, that engages the lower portion of loop 17'when the closure is in closed position.

Additional notches such as 19 may be formed in the lower edge of bar 16 at suitable distances apart for engaging the lower portion of keeper 17 to hold the closure in full open or partially opened positions.

Secured to bar 16 near the end that is vpivotally connected to pintle 15 is one end the result, that when the end of latch bar 16 is lifted from hook 18, the retractile effort of the extended spring will be exerted to swing the gate or closure into full or par tially open position.

During this opening movement of the gate or closure, the free end of bar 16 slides through loop 17 and if it is desired to lock said gate or closure in its full or partially opened position, the bar is lowered in the slot 1n keeper 17 until one of the notches 19 engages the lower portion of said keeper.

In order to facilitate the lifting of latch bar 16, a short rod such as 21 may be jour- 'nalled in the bar plate of keeper 17, and

which rod is provided with an operating handle 22 and with an eccentric 23 that is positioned directly beneath said latch bar (see Fig. 4)

In Fig. 5 I have shown a window hinged at its upper edge so as to swing on a horizontal axis and said window having associated therewith a latch bar of my improved construction.

In this construction the upper end of the latch bar 24 is pivotally connected to a market 25 at a point above and in front of the hinge of the Windov and formed in the lower portion of said latch bar is a notch 26 that receives the keeper 27 When the Window or closure is swung upward into open position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The principles of my invention may be embodied in variousiorms of closures, for instance, gates, doors, Windows, shutters,- ventilating panels, in fact any hinged or swinging: closure, wherein a simple, inexpensive, strong, durable and efficient operating and latching means is desired or may be advantageously used.

it will understooc that minor changes in the size, form and construction oi the Various parts oi my improved swinging closure may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without departing iroin the spirit of the invention,- the scope of which is: set forth in the appended claims.

1 claim as my invention:

1. TllQCOHld'JlDttiOli Witha hinged closure, oi a lat Qg bar pivotally connected at one end to a used member that is spaced apart from the hinge of said closure, a keeper carried by the closure and through which the opposite end portion of said latching: bar is adapted to slide and a re Tactile spring connected to and arranged between said closure and latching. bar.

2. The' cornbination' with a hinged closure, of a latching bar pivotally connected at one end toa fixed member that is spaced apart from the hinge of said cl-0sure,a keeper car ried by the closure and through Which the opposite end portion of said latching bar is adapted to slide, the lower edge of said latching, bar being provided With notches that are adapted to receive the lower portion of said keeper to hold said closure in closed, full, open or partially opened positions and a retractile spring secured to and arranged between said closure and latching bar.

3. The combination With a hinged closure, of a latching bar pivotally connected at one end to a iX ed member at a point spaced apart from the hinge for said closure,- a latching-bar keeper carri d by the end of the closure opposite from its hinged end, said latching bar being arranged to slide freely through said keeper and a fined hooktlrat is adapted to receive the free end of the latching bar when the closure is in closed position.- 7 I I 4-. The combination with a hinged closure,

of a latching bar pivotally connected at one end to a fixed member at a point spaced apart from the hinge for said closure, a lat'ehingbar keepercarried by the end of the closure opposite from its hingedend, said latching bar being arranged to slide freely through said keeper, a fixed hook that is adapted to receive the free end of the latch-- mg bar when the closure is in closed position and a retractile spring secured to and arranged between said closure and latching bar. I

In testimony whereof-I aliiX my signature.

PIUS J. DURBIN. 

